Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e578fa491fdadd82…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4a9ff405f92659ae19d6dda54d46b8c1 SHA-1: d8bfd31947ed4154a792beb1bef5f297776885c3 SHA-256: e578fa491fdadd8282eb56bb3bdc889b61db293f17506eb0863a8a76fa2451c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures for phishing or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ec098f78c4794df19da2335a5c1137c/sokoropazenix.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/47220714414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c7426c5414c01dc010bea00d84ae28b/94191324576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eventaipei.com/upload/files/xupumuvurutixegonegavupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kengosushionlineorder.com/uploads/files/kibofetedivesetanobikegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c259ddf6c239c13e3c2c32524963a7/43750752991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/20910983956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/sukekamuvanodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6a2b96c5dd---68173273863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/sikokokefuxusoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamshs-pdx.com/clients/d/d3/d3c120c733f7363e2cdaef2cff5f3687/File/davoroxediroxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cf2980df6---dafesowapigalekakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qf3sckvp3hnc0n9q5o0ab3tdoo/16195778911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morabia.fi/images/file/73680744939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbabf1f29ba235faab66fc32f9b8c0b7/68172353867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/60782544945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontlinetherapist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/874dcb8d1620ddb981dd6fca72d571d0/murafugigidukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/7587822559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/takuzowavelujonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c0ef0a2d5d0b5553a6fad412b2a7eac/25367056639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160916c50b5793---bukivogixawolumadopibof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/tazefaxoxobogixomariz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c251ef8483b---11422948357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d566b36534c1399b85724b9d119ed8a7/wuvirobubuvuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c8b54f7d3---7740822776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e33f8328b49---88467169841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/23239190110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+thaw+beef+quicklyPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f46a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF46A 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 3571486de3cd7680e8470b1ff16400b92469aefbe9b1121d2d158aaee99b7e59
font_01_sfnt_off00010d3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D3F 17184 bytes
SHA-256: 75868d4a2fcf582f111d1b4be11cce20c0e350412b5460e32af8a0d5f638174e
font_02_sfnt_off000139e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1